Planning Grant for the Public Understanding of Research Initiative in the Informal Science Education Program: Public Square

数学科学研究所正在开发和制作一个15分钟的试点，用于PBS正在开发的新杂志格式节目的常规数学时段。基思·德夫林将负责数学内容，并担任镜头主持人。这些片段将基于德夫林的广受欢迎的广播“数学小子”片段，这些片段已经出现在NPR的周末版上。试播节目的主题是克莱千年问题。试播集由获奖的科学纪录片制作人乔恩·帕尔弗雷曼（Jon Palfreman）制作。Rockman等人将对试点进行评估。如果成功，未来的部分将探索一系列数学主题，包括数学教育、流行病学、科学可视化、统计数据的使用和滥用、大脑如何获取和处理数学以及投票的数学。

The Mathematical Science Research Institute is developing and producing a 15-minute pilot for a regular mathematics slot in a new PBS magazine format program that is being developed. Keith Devlin will be responsible for the mathematics content as well as appearing as the on-camera host. The segments will be based on Devlin's popular radio "Math Guy" segments that have been appearing on NPR's Weekend Edition. The topic for the pilot is the Clay Millennium Problems. The pilot is being produced by Jon Palfreman, an award-winning science documentary producer. Evaluation of the pilot will be conducted by Rockman et. al. If successful, a future segment would explore a range of mathematics topics including mathematics education, epidemiology, scientific visualization, uses and misuses of statistics, how the brain acquires and processes mathematics, and the mathematics of voting.